The Poems of Henry Abbey

by Henry Abbey

Poems of Henry Abbey

THE POEMS OF
HENRY ABBEY

FOURTH EDITION, ENLARGED

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
MCMIV

Copyright,
1872, 1879, 1883, 1885, 1894, 1900, and 1904,
BY HENRY ABBEY.

PREFACE.

All the poems of mine that I care to retain are collected in this fourth edition, and are now reproduced as I wish them to stand. Some of them should not be here, perhaps; but they have been copied and recited often and are beyond recall.

In the third edition (1895) thirteen poems, beginning with the verses "Delay," were added to what comprised the first and second editions (1885). In the present volume, the nine titles following "The Long Regret" are appended to the contents of the edition of 1895.

Lest the dominant meter might become monotonous, it was varied in parts of "Karagwe," of "The City of Decay," and in a few other instances.

For knowledge of the fact on which is founded the ballad "A Man-of-War Hawk," I am indebted to chapter vi. of the "Memoirs of General William T. Sherman."

H. A.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Faciebat ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

Along the Nile ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

The Statue ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

3

Trailing Arbutus ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5

The Troubadour ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

6

While the Days go by ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

7

May in Kingston ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

8

The Spirit of the Mountain ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

9

Recompense ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

11

Donald ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

12

In the Valley ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

13

Low Tide ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

14

The Patience of Liberty ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

15

Mary Magdalene ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

16

The Age of Good ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

19

Karagwe ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

20

The Tree of July ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

44

The Drawbridge-Keeper ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

45

The Emir's Charity ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

47

The Bedouin's Rebuke ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

48

The Roman Sentinel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

The French Marshal ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

51

The Artist's Prayer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

52

The Singer's Alms ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

53

The King's Sacrifice ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

54

The Caliph's Magnanimity ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

55

Ralph ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

57

Hymn for Decoration Day ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

62

The Austrian Hussar ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

63

The King and the Naiad ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

65

Agnes Hatot ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

67

Ballad of Consolation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

69

Guyot of Marseilles ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

74

Ontiora ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

Liberty ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

79

The Patriot's Courage ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

93

The Preacher's Dole ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

95

The Stowaway Boy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

97

The Galley-Slave ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

98

The City of Success ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

A Suit of Armor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

121

A Guardian Angel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

122

Autumn Ballad ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

125

The Ringer's Vengeance ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

126

Irak ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

129

Foreknowledge ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

139

Science and the Soul ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

142

The City of Decay ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

145

Bellerophon ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

180

The Hermit ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

183

A Morning Pastoral ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

185

Storm ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

187

Vanderlyn ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

187

Dandelion and Tiger-Lily ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

190

The Giant Spider ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

213

Poplicola ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

223

The Emperor's Mercy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

229

Low Lives we led of Care and Sin ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

231

The Host's Humility ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

233

To Richard Grant White ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

236

The Picture ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

238

Flos Morti ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

239

The Jew's Piety ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

241

Winter Days ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

243

In Hanging Gardens ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

244

On a Great Warrior ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

245

Philippa ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

24

The Fisher-Maidens ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

250

By Hudson's Tide ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

251

Invocation to the Sun ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

254

Delay ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

256

Azoar ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

257

Faith's Vista ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

259

A Dream from Song and Vain Desire ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

259

Garnet-Shirls ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

261

What do we Plant? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

262

To Baffle Time ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

263

A Colonial Ballad ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

263

A Sea-Fight ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

266

Gettysburg ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

271

Eleusinia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

285

Emanuel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

288

The Long Regret ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

289

Hymn ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

291

Clay and Webster ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

291

Veera ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

292

A Man-of-War Hawk ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

311

Moro ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

314

The Traitor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

315

Marechal-Neil Roses ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

337

To a Blue Hepatica ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

340

Phaëton ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

341

THE POEMS OF HENRY ABBEY.